Ten years of arguing with books

1 Aug 2016

1 Aug 2016

Oct 2015The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison - Tor, 2014 (Kindle edition)* * *This book has popped up on a number of award lists but has only won one of them. I can understand why. Its world-building is detailed and it features an unusually decent and therefore sympathetic protagonist (grimdark this is not). However, a number of the flaws of modern fantasies - an obsession with first-person viewpoint and vagueness about religion, history and geography - combine with some cloth-eared decisions about style to make this more of a chore to read than it should be. ( Read more... )